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May 27, 2026
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Yu-Ling Cheng on Remake Learning Days

Tom Vander Ark
May 10, 2024

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Tom Vander Ark is joined by Yu-Ling Cheng,Co-Producer of Remake Learning Days.

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Jennifer Mellor and Mike Huckins on How Chambers of Commerce Can Get Involved in Accelerated Pathways

Shawnee Caruthers
May 8, 2024

This episode, Shawnee Caruthers is joined by Jennifer Mellor, Chief Innovation Officer at the Phoenix Chamber Foundation and Mike Huckins, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs and IT Operations at the Greater Phoenix Chamber.

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Town Hall Recap: Microschools: Sustainability, Scalability and Accessibility

Jordan Luster, Victoria Andrews, Nate McClennen
May 6, 2024

On this Getting Smart Town Hall we provided an overview of our microschooling initiative, unpacking three emerging themes: sustainability, scaling, and accessibility.

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Dr. Lesley-Ann Noel on Designing Social Change

Tom Vander Ark
May 3, 2024

On this episode, we’re joined by, Dr. Lesley-Ann Noel, a professor at North Carolina State University and author of Design Social Change.

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Getting Smart and the d.school: Live from SXSW

Tom Vander Ark
May 1, 2024

This special episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is a live broadcast of a conversation between Tom Vander Ark and authors from the Stanford d.school about recent publications.

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Stacy Wall Schweikhart and Dr. Thomas Lasley on Learn to Earn Dayton

Shawnee Caruthers
Apr 24, 2024

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast I’m Shawnee Caruthers is joined by Stacy Wall Schweikhart and Thomas Lasley of Learn to Earn Dayton.

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Nell Rosenberg on Access and Teleservices Programs

Rebecca Midles
Apr 17, 2024

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Rebecca Midles is joined by Nell Rosenberg, National Director of Teleservices at Clarke Schools for Hearing & Speech.

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Julian Guerrero on Pathways and Programs for Indigenous Youth

Mason Pashia, Guest Author
Apr 12, 2024

On this episode of the podcast, Mason Pashia and Jason Cummins Ed.D are joined by Julian Guerrero Jr. the current Director of the Office of Indian Education (OIE) at the U.S. Department of Education.

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Cynthia Leck and Juetzinia Kazmer-Murillo on Igniting Agency in Early Learners

Rebecca Midles
Apr 10, 2024

On this episode we're joined by two members of Transcend, Cynthia Leck, and Juetzinia Kazmer-Murillo, to discuss Igniting Agency in Early Learners.

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Timothy Jones and Mason Pashia on What Education Can Learn From Poetry

Mason Pashia
Apr 5, 2024

On this special Poetry Month episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, producer Mason Pashia is joined by Timothy Jones to talk about language, music and learning.

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